Forests of the Vampires : Slavic Myth

by Phillips, Charles; Kerrigan, Michael; Duncan Baird Publishers

• ISBN13: 9780705436137
• ISBN10: 0705436136
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

It's the cultural information that never seems to make it into history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests, magic symbols. This series captures, culture by culture, the intersection of imagination, history, wisdom, dream, and reality.

Table of Contents

The Slavic World	6	(22)
Dark Plains of Destiny	8	(18)
Picture Essay: The People's Art	26	(2)
Pantheon of The Slavs	28	(30)
The Forces of Night and Day	30	(2)
Deities of the Baltic Slavs	32	(4)
The Pagan Gods of Kiev	36	(8)
A Dual Faith	44	(4)
Remnants of Elemental Belief	48	(6)
Moist Mother Earth	54	(2)
Picture Essay: The Eternal Face of Mother Russia	56	(2)
Spirit Masters and Little Demons	58	(22)
From Divinity to Demonhood	60	(2)
Spirits of the Home and Farmstead	62	(4)
Siren of the Stream	66	(2)
Wonders of the Deep	68	(4)
Wild Master of the Woods	72	(2)
The Harvester of Souls	74	(2)
The Devil Himself	76	(2)
Picture Essay: Myths in Miniature	78	(2)
Kingdoms of The Dead	80	(30)
A Marriage of Life and Death	82	(2)
The Soul's Dark Journey	84	(2)
Lands of Destiny	86	(6)
Tormentor of the Night	92	(2)
Feasts of Flesh and Blood	94	(6)
The Strange Face of Immortality	100	(2)
The Bones of Baba Yaga	102	(6)
Picture Essay: Riches Real and Imagined	108	(2)
Tales of Wonder, Magic and Sorcery	110	(24)
Visions of Mystery	112	(2)
Witchcraft and Wizardry	114	(6)
The Faces of the Changeling	120	(4)
A Fierce Menagerie	124	(8)
Picture Essay: Classical Fantasies	132	(2)
The Legacy of Slavic Myth	134	(4)
Glossary	138	(1)
Index	138	(6)
Further Reading and Picture Credits	144